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John F. Kennedy becomes the youngest man ever to be elected president of the United States, narrowly beating Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. He was also the first Catholic to become president.
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The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government they were going into war.
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President John Kennedy notified Americans about the presence of the missiles, explained his decision and he made it clear to the U.S. about what was going on.
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I think he was killed in a parade. He was also the 35th president of the United States.
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On February 9, 1964, The Beatles playing live on The Ed Sullivan Show in front of an estimated 73 million Americans. That's pretty much all I know about them.. They were a rock band.
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They say he was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 and in 1976, but won both the nomination and general election in 1980.
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Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam, they lost before finally repelling the communist assault.
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President Nixon threatens to resume bombing North Vietnam in retaliation for Viet Cong offenses in the South back in 1969.
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He was known for the 38th President, to serve out the 895 days remaining in Mr. Nixon's second term.
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On November 4, 1979, an angry mob of some 300 to 500 students, it talks a littlie more about that it has been a dangerous job since the beginning of the Republic.